MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Diana Kennedy, a British-born food writer whose dedication to Mexico s culinary heritage helped popularize the richness of the national cuisine in the English-speaking world, has died. She was 99. The Mexican culture ministry confirmed her death, and paid tribute to Kennedy s legacy, saying that she like few others understood that conserving nature and its diversity was crucial to upholding the myriad culinary traditions of Mexico. Arturo Sarukhan, a former Mexican ambassador to the United States, on Twitter described the death of the great Kennedy as a huge loss for Mexico, the UK and Mexican gastronomy. She changed the narrative and perceptions of Mexican cuisine from a bland mish-mash of TexMex towards a sophisticated tapestry of regional cuisines as rich as those celebrated in China, India, France or Italy, Sarukhan told Reuters. Kennedy, whose works include The Cuisines of Mexico and The Art of Mexican Cooking , was born as Diana Southwood in Loughton, Engla
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